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Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… more on South Africa's role in World War II, see our Grade 12 lesson, 1924-1948: South Africa's Foreign Relations. … higher pay. The police crushed the…
EPILOGUE
Dear Mr De Klerk I acknowledge receipt of your reply dated 2nd July, 1992. It is unfortunate that your reply has not addressed the issues I raised in my…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… OF MEMBERS WHO DIED DURING THE STRUGGLE Bantu Steve Biko - 12 September 1977 Luke Mazwambe - 3 September 1970 Mapetla …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… in 1933, nearly 25% of the Nation's total work force, 12,830,000 people, were unemployed. Wage income for workers …
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… legally elected Prime Minister for the country. After only 12 weeks in power, the new government was deposed in a coup …
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… On 12 June 1917, Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor, …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… The constitution, which was promulgated on December 12, 1975, effectively vested absolute power in the President …
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… solitary confinement for 88 days. Following the verdict on 12 June 1964, Sisulu and other treason trialists were taken …
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… facing 29 charges, the young man was only found guilty on 12 counts and not guilty on 17. Too many wayward laws were …
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Literature Museum. *Note: Some sources say he died on 12 January 1952 …
PlaceHermanus
… above the Harbour. The reconstruction was completed in 1987. Today De Wet's Huis Photo Museum houses a collection of … and preparing it for the exhibition of…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… Secretary of the union. The FCWU had a membership of 12 600 at this stage. Lan acted as General Secretary until … and two were shot dead by the police …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… On 12 March, 1975, Stanley Mabizela the African National …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… 1965 to 1970. References: http://www.suntimes.co.za/1998/12/27/sport/rugby/rugby01.htm …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… referendum supported him. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able … [online], available at www…
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… on the tour of the Native Trust - The Friend Bloemfontein, 12 September 1951 (pdf) Letter from Dr James Moroka and …
The strangulation of activity
… in the Ciskei. This banning was challenged in court in 1987, but the four-year-old ban was upheld. 1984 The United … areas of operation and the breakdown is…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… of these aims. It was against this background in July 1987 that several brigades of Angola’s military force FAPLA … Before the battle for Cuito Cuanavale…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… NUSAS and to establish their own... organisations" (1976: 12). The UWC rector was reported as saying: "I don't want … 8 out of 11 elected candidates were…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… doctorate in 1997. After his release from prison in 1987 he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Fort … telephone contact between you and Oom Gov in…
ArchiveNote on sources and footnoting by Howard Barrell
… keep statistics on its armed activity - not until 1987. My attempts to get those figures the ANC did keep before 1987 were unsuccessful. I use police…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… 1980: 345). The Community Development amendment act, No 12 of 1980 added the same permissible ways to serve notices … African Institute for Race Relations,…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… for White and non-White people to have relations. In 1959, 12 Members of Parliament (MPs), including Suzman, broke away …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… a loss of power and salary. He chose the latter. On 12 July 1954 Luthuli was scheduled to address a group …
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… to lead the newly formed government a year later on 12 February 1951, after his party, the Convention People's …
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… On the night of 12 January, 1991, more than 30 people were killed while … ‘Remembering the Nangalembe Nighti Vigil Massacre’ , 12 January, [online],…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… He died in John Vorster Square police station just 12 days before the release of former president Nelson Mandela …
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… Compaoré governed Burkina Faso for 17 years between 1987 and 2014, after coming to power as part of a triumvirate …